Chicken Avocado Pasta Salad recipe
Chicken Avocado Pasta Salad recipe
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Note If preparing in advance sprinkle the avocados with lemon juice. Any wholewheat pasta shapes can be used, such as shells, spirals or short cut macaroni.
ingredients
225 g (8 oz) cooked pasta
6 spring onions, washed
150 ml (1/4 pt) Mayonnaise
2 ripe avocados
225 g (8 oz) cooked chicken, chopped
salt and freshly ground pepper
2 tomatoes, skinned and sliced
1 red pepper, seeded
parsley or watercress (optional)
method
1. Put the cooked pasta in a bowl.
2. Chop the spring onions finely and add to the pasta with the mayonnaise.
3. Remove the skins from the avocados, cut them in half and remove the stones.
4. Cut 8 thin slices for garnish and chop the remainder.
5. Add to the pasta and mayonnaise mixture with the cooked chicken.
6. Season well and add a few drops of lemon juice.
7. Place the sliced avocado in the remaining lemon juice.
8. Arrange the salad in a bowl which has been lined with sliced tomatoes.
9. Decorate with slices of blanched pepper and the sliced avocados.
10. Arrange parsley or watercress around the dish.
serving amount
serves 4